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He smelled the garden, the yellow shield of light smote his eyes, and he whispered, "Life is so beautiful." ... Yes, he thought, if I can die saying, "Life is so beautiful," then nothing else is important. ↗

— Mario Puzo

#last-words #beauty

There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless, and the other half discreditable. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#baseless #beauty #fear #fears #going

Good men have the fewest fears. He has but one great fear who fears to do wrong; he has a thousand who has overcome it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#fears #fewest #good #good men #great

It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness; it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#gives #kiss #passion #sweetness

A sound discretion is not so much indicated by never making a mistake as by never repeating it. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#indicated #making #mistake #much #never

Tranquil pleasures last the longest; we are not fitted to bear the burden of great joys. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#burden #fitted #great #joys #last

I was in the Air Force a while and they had what they call "policing the area." That's where you looked around and if there's anything wrong here, there, anywhere, you took care of your own area. And I think that's a pretty good thing to go by. If everyone just takes care of their own area then we won't have any problems. Be here. Be present. Wherever you are, be there. And look around you and see what needs to be changed. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#change

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. ↗

— Sun Tzu

#evolved #i #men #none #out

Fame - a few words upon a tombstone, and the truth of those not to be depended on. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#fame #few #those #tombstone #truth

Genius makes its observations in short-hand; talent writes them out at length. ↗

— Christian Nestell Bovee

#length #makes #observations #out #talent